Design

Design & Technological Upgradation

Design Development & Technological upgradation in Handicrafts sector are essential for improving quality acceptable to the customers in the changed scenario. Each craft is highly complicated involving numerous processes and strategies. Local crafts have their traditional ways of production, their own designs, colour, shapes and etc.. But the changed attitude & modern buyers do not appreciate the conventional ones.

In view of the above, Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), New Delhi organise Design and Technical Development Workshop through its Regional Design and Technical Development Centres in collaboration with NGOs, Co-operative Societies under Grant-in Aid schemes. The Regional Design & Technical Development Centres also organise Design assistance programme in particular craft pockets by their official designers. They conduct demonstration programmes for the improved tools and equipments in the craft pockets for reducing the time, labour & thereby cost of production.

During last 3 years the following Design and Technical Development workshops have been conducted by the Regional Design & Technical Development Centre, 9/12 old Court House Street, Kolkata under Grant-in-Aid scheme of Development Commissioner (Handicrafts).

Design Workshops conducted by RD & TDC and NGOs/Co-operative Societies

Name of the	Venue of the	Craft	Year	No. of Craft	No. of Sample
implementing	workshop			Persons	Developed
Agency				participated
1	2	3	4	5	6
M/s Chakadola Handicrafts Co-Operative Society, 3550, Tankapani Road Bhubaneswar	G.M.C.S. Bhubaneswar,Khurda	Wooden Painting	1999	15	28
M/s Mahamaya Weavers' Handloom Development Society, Birabarpur Abhimanpur, Cuttack	Birabarpur, Cuttack	Tie & Dye	1999	26	30
Regional Design & Technological	Bisamkatak	Bamboo	2000	15	22
Development Centre, 9/12, Old Court House Street Kolkata	Rayagada	Work
-do -	Jhigidi Rayagada	Dhokra Casting	2000	17	14
-do-	Pipili, Puri	Applique	2000	15	15
M/s Orissa State Co-Op. Handicrafts Corporation, D-1-2, Industrial Est. Rasulgarh Bhubaneswar -10	Bhubaneswar Khurda	Stone Carving	2001	15	15
Regional Design Development Centre, 9/12, Old Court House Street Kolkata & Technical	Baulagadia Balasore	Stone Utensil	2001	15	15
Regional Design & Technical Development Centre, 9/12, Old Court House Street Kolkata	Paralakhemundi Gajapati	Horn Work	2001	15	12
Bapuji Chandua Karigari Hastasilpa ICS Ltd.	Bhakarsahi Khurda Bhakarsahi, Banamalipur Khurda	Applique	2002	15	15
M/s ORUPA Krishna Tower, Opp. ISKON Temple, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar	Gadamadhupur, Jajpur	Golden Grass	2002	15	15
Regional Design & Technical Development Centre, 9/12, Old Court House Street Kolkata	Puri	Stone Carving	2002	15	13
Regional Design & Technical Development Centre, 9/12, Old Court House Street Kolkata	Puri	Wood Carving	2002	15	14

Of late it is decided to invite National Institute of Designs to advice the SIHT, Bhubaneswar for improving the Handicrafts Production.